Access US federal award, recipient, agency, and spending analytics data from USAspending.gov.
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usaspending_list_agencies
List all top-tier federal agencies with toptier codes, agency slugs, budget authority amounts, and obligation totals for the current fiscal year. Use this as the entry point for agency navigation — toptier codes and agency slugs are required inputs for usaspending_get_agency and agency-based filters
usaspending_autocomplete_filters
Look up valid code values for filter fields by searching free-text descriptions. Use the type parameter to select the lookup table: naics (NAICS industry codes), psc (product/service codes), cfda (CFDA/Assistance Listing program numbers), awarding_agency (agency names and IDs), or recipient (recipie
usaspending_search_awards
Search federal awards by keyword, recipient, agency, award type, NAICS code, location, or date range. Returns ranked award summaries including recipient names, amounts, awarding agencies, and generated award IDs for use with usaspending_get_award. Award types: A/B/C/D = contracts, 02/03/04/05 = gran
usaspending_get_award
Fetch full details of a federal award by its generated unique award ID. Returns contract or assistance award data including recipient info, agency hierarchy, period of performance, place of performance, funding account linkages (account_obligations_by_defc), parent IDV information, and subaward coun
usaspending_get_award_transactions
List individual transactions (contract modifications, grant amendments) on a federal award. Each transaction represents a change event — obligation modifications, performance period extensions, scope changes, etc. Use this to trace the spending history and obligation changes over the life of an awar
usaspending_get_award_subawards
List subaward contracts or grants under a prime federal award. Reveals the sub-contractor or sub-grantee layer — the organizations that actually perform the work. Each row shows the subaward number, amount, description, action date, and recipient. Check subaward_count on usaspending_get_award first
usaspending_get_award_federal_accounts
List the Treasury federal accounts that funded an award, with the amount obligated from each and the funding agency behind it. This is the award → appropriation link: each row returns federal_account (AGENCY-MAIN format, e.g. 080-0120) to chain into usaspending_get_federal_account for the account bu
usaspending_get_idv_awards
List child contracts and task/delivery orders placed under an IDV (Indefinite Delivery Vehicle) award. Each row includes the generated_unique_award_id to chain into usaspending_get_award for full detail. The award_id must be the generated_unique_award_id of the parent IDV — obtainable from usaspendi
usaspending_search_recipients
Search for organizations or individuals receiving federal funds by name, UEI (Unique Entity Identifier), or DUNS. Returns recipient hash IDs, UEI/DUNS identifiers, total award amounts, and hierarchy level. Results are paginated — use page to retrieve matches beyond the first page; page_metadata.tota
usaspending_get_recipient
Fetch a recipient's full profile including address, business type codes, parent organization, alternate names, and total transaction and loan amounts. Recipient IDs are UUID hashes with a level suffix (-P parent, -C child, -R standalone) from usaspending_search_recipients or usaspending_get_award. O
usaspending_get_agency
Fetch an agency's fiscal-year overview including mission, budgetary resources, obligation and outlay totals (for the most recent fiscal year), sub-agency count, and DEF codes for disaster/emergency funding. Also returns a paginated sub-agency breakdown with obligation and transaction counts. Accepts
usaspending_spending_by_geography
Aggregate federal spending by state, county, or congressional district. Useful for per-capita analysis, regional comparisons, and mapping federal investment patterns. Geographic filters accept FIPS codes and 2-letter state abbreviations — NOT place names. Resolve place names to FIPS codes using a ge
usaspending_spending_by_category
Aggregate federal spending grouped by a specific dimension: NAICS industry code, PSC product/service code, awarding agency, funding agency, CFDA assistance program, or recipient. Returns top items with obligation amounts — useful for trend and breakdown analysis. Chain NAICS codes into usaspending_s
usaspending_spending_over_time
Fetch aggregated federal obligation amounts grouped by fiscal year, fiscal quarter, or fiscal month. All grouping is relative to the US government fiscal year (Oct–Sep), so fiscal month 1 is October, not January. Filter by award type, agency, recipient, keyword, or NAICS code to trace spending trend
usaspending_disaster_spending
Fetch disaster and emergency supplemental spending (COVID-19, hurricanes, infrastructure law, etc.) broken down by agency, CFDA assistance program, recipient, or geography. Use the dimension parameter to select the breakdown axis: overview (top-level totals), agency, cfda, recipient, or geography. F
usaspending_get_federal_account
Fetch a federal account's budget data: total obligations, gross outlays, and budgetary resources, plus the per-Treasury-Account-Symbol (TAS) component breakdown in children. Federal accounts connect appropriations law to actual agency spending. Account codes come from usaspending_search_federal_acco
usaspending_get_federal_account_breakdown
Fetch a federal account's obligations broken down by program activity (what the money funds) or object class (what it buys — personnel, supplies, contracts). Use the dimension parameter to select the axis. Account codes are AGENCY-MAIN format and come from usaspending_search_federal_accounts (its ac
usaspending_search_federal_accounts
List and keyword-search federal accounts by agency identifier or title keyword. Returns account numbers, names, managing agencies, and budgetary resources. Use account_number from results as input to usaspending_get_federal_account for full budget detail. Use usaspending_list_agencies to look up age
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